After acquiring a standard fridge from a friend (upright "standard" style) and some funds from a recent birthday, I am interested in making the jump to kegging my homebrews. I also have a newborn, so I really don't have too much time to piece together parts from across the internet and craigslist, so I feel making a "kit" purchase would work best for me. Are there any out there that you've had success with, or are preferred? Are there any pros/cons that I should use to flag the kits? What else would I need outside of the kit?

You can't go wrong with Keg Connection, my good friend got his kegging kit from them and has had no issues. I went with Keg Cowboy and had a great experience, the prices were essentially the same but I wanted a Y manifold C02 splitter mounted right to the regulator, which Keg Cowboy offered by default.

I'm sure you will be fine, but you should measure the inside of your fridge to be sure it will accommodate corny kegs (ball or pin, whichever you go with).

After acquiring a standard fridge from a friend (upright "standard" style) and some funds from a recent birthday, I am interested in making the jump to kegging my homebrews. I also have a newborn, so I really don't have too much time to piece together parts from across the internet and craigslist, so I feel making a "kit" purchase would work best for me. Are there any out there that you've had success with, or are preferred? Are there any pros/cons that I should use to flag the kits? What else would I need outside of the kit?

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I recommend finding out where you will get your co2 before buying the kegging kit. Some places only exchange bottles. Some will fill your bottle. There is no use buying a shiny aluminum bottle if your gas supplier is just going to exchange it for an ugly metal one.

I recommend finding out where you will get your co2 before buying the kegging kit. Some places only exchange bottles. Some will fill your bottle. There is no use buying a shiny aluminum bottle if your gas supplier is just going to exchange it for an ugly metal one.

Good advice. That being said, some places that only swap bottles (rather than refilling your bottle) will charge more for the initial deposit than what you can buy a brand new bottle from some online vendors for. If this is the case just buy a bottle for cheaper online and 'exchange' it for a full bottle. Check around and see what your options are in your area.

We'd love if you'd check us out too. We're an HBT sponsor, and you can search our reviews here for what other folks are saying about us. Thanks in advance for the consideration and congrats on the newborn and for getting into kegging!